Interview · North Dakota · Eugene Hale · NDNAEU 5
Themes: Language & revitalization, Kinship & family, Education & learning, Economy & livelihoods, Listening & observation, Children & young people, Intergenerational learning
Learn About questions
What were some of the reasons that tribes had to move from one place to another?
How did tribes grow their populations?
Why was it important to have scouts watching and looking out for the tribes?
Learn From questions
Is there someone or multiple people that I watch out for? Why? How do I watch out for them?
Who had the most impact on raising me? Why?
What things/people do I value most in my life?
Transcripts
02 Eugene Hale: Tribes Moved Around
Watch this interview on YouTubeWatch uh they well they usually they come after our horses our women our children and now they take them and teach them their ways and even change their language and the horse is uh with the isn’t like money and them days you know it means a lot to have a horse so that’s what they do when they steal horses because they can do whatever they want with the horses and the more horses you get the more stronger they are like it’s a it’s more like a getting a medal i guess you’d say and see me with the women and children they want the women because they’re low and women and their tribe with their camp they’re they’re they’re banned and they will get different women from different tribes come in and uh live on to steal them and then keep them and uh and raise them i mean that reason why i married them and raise the kids as their own and then they teach them their ways and to change their way of living i guess so you try to grow their population yeah but uh that was you know it was a way even before my great grandmother was uh born i mean these were told to hurt too you know things that was going on a hokey pot to say be careful watch out you know just the word that there was news and uh there was there always was uh i was watching out for each other they never you know there’s no there’s no only like the scouts not that everybody’s watching out for each other and they’re scared for each other and then even uh even the women will fight with the men you know with the fight against the enemy and back in the day you know but today you know it’s totally different today from what i hear about what she was telling me and this lady that raised me my grandmother’s mother my great-grandmother and uh i think it was i came over one year to 66 she was 1966 she was 91 when she passed away
Affiliation sources
NDNAEU document credits: Eugene Hale — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
Source materials
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